Notorious Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called for peace on September 29 as he appeared by video to sign an accord with President Ashraf Ghani.

Ghani signed the peace deal at Kabul’s presidential palace during a ceremony broadcast live on television.

Hekmatyar, the exiled leader of the Hezb-e Islami militant group, was not present and addressed the gathering in Kabul in a recorded video message, appearing by himself to sign the document in a small room.

He offered his congratulations to “all those Afghans who want peace and stability in the region,” adding, “I pray that our country be independent and sovereign, and our innocent and war-weary nation end the fighting and ongoing insecurity, and that unity prevails.”

“Now is the time for the Taliban to think about whether they want to continue the war or come for peace,” Ghani said.

Under the agreement, Hekmatyar will be granted amnesty for past offenses and certain Hezb-e Islami prisoners will be released by the government. The Afghan government also agreed to press for the lifting of international sanctions on Hekmatyar. The deal also includes provisions for his security at government expense.

Negotiations with the group have been going on for months, with some in the government suspicious of bringing one of the most radical militants in Afghanistan into the fold.

Rights activists have expressed concerns about long-standing accusations of human rights abuses against Hekmatyar, who was responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed during the civil war in the 1990s.

Hezb-e Islami has also carried out deadly attacks against U.S. and Afghan forces since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

Kabul hopes a deal with Hezb-e Islami can convince the Taliban to end its insurgency and join the political process.

7 thoughts on “Afghan President, Warlord Sign Peace Accord”

All of you low class invaders are notirious for misinformation and you are doing right in here- you rats are totally defeated in Afghsnistan.

You cowards are only controlling the SKYS- that is the fact. Your top generals are scared like chickens trying to land on airports- you could imagine !
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* I want to ask the administrator of this forum to stop showing up this very bad photo of “Mr Hik-Mat-Yar” like in this report/comentary section !
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You people begged him for peace- and now in that capacity, be smart and act like a civilized human being.

That is how you could earn yourself a little bit of respect after all the extreme historical savageries that your government has commited on people of Afghanistan.
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Now, don’t don’t show up your nasty behavior again by printing such disgracing photos !

If you don’t like sone one keep it to yourself- don’t exploit this public forum to impose your stupid rude behavior on others.

There are tens of millions of people, especially around Afghanistan, who have extremely high respect for Mr Hik-Mat-Yar- got it !

So, what you rats are publishing this forum for- if your main targeted readers are the people from Afghsnidtsn and it’s surroundings, then why you insult the leaderships that may have lots of support among the people in this region.